Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 16 February 2026
- Store lambs £109/head* mart average
An entry of 1030 sheep at Markethill on Monday 16th February returned a slightly firmer trade for fat hoggets. Good quality heavy hoggets sold from 560-587p/k for 38 hoggets, 24.1k at £141.50 for a Richhill farmer, followed by 583p/k for 24.7k at £144 for a Killylea producer. Overweight hoggets sold to a top of £166, with several other pens from £150-£163 per head.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 16 February 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 5 lots | £6.20/kg | £5.89 to £6.75/kg | £109 | £102 to £118 | 5 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 19 lots | £5.96/kg | £5.64 to £6.55/kg | £137 | £123 to £149 | 19 |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots
24 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £142 | £5.87/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £144 | £5.83/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.81/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £139 | £5.74/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £145 | £5.69/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.68/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £149 | £5.67/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £140 | £5.65/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £145 | £5.64/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £131 | £6.55/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.31/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.30/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £124 | £6.20/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £139 | £6.10/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £138 | £6.08/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £136 | £6.04/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £123 | £6.03/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £132 | £6.00/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £139 | £5.99/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £108 | £6.75/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £113 | £6.22/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £118 | £6.21/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £102 | £5.93/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £103 | £5.89/kg |
The lots the mart chose to print in its report, usually the better end of the trade. The averages above are the figure to quote.
Source
Read from the mart's own report, a web page at markethilllivestocksales.co.uk. Fetched 2 September 2026.